_To_ BRADE, BRAID, _v. a._ To turn round.
1. To resemble, to be like in manners; especially as denoting that similarity which characterises the same stock or family; with the prep. _of_.
Isl. _bregd-a_, _bregth-a_, Su. G. _braa_, denote the resemblance of children, in dispositions, to their progenitors. _Bregdur barni til aettar_, progenitoribus suis quisque fere similis est.
_To_ BRADE, BRAID _up_, _v. a._ "To _braid up_ the head," to toss it as a high-mettled horse does, or to carry it high.
A. S. _bred-an_, Belg. _breyd-en_, to extend.
Su. G. _brigd-a_, exprobrare; Isl. _bregd-a_, opprobrare.
BRAGWORT, _s._ Expl. "Mead, a beverage made from the dregs of honey." Gl. Sibb.
_Braggot_, Gl. Lancash. C. B. _bragod_, id.
_To_ BRAID _up the burde_; marked as used by James I.
Moes. G. Isl. _braid_, A. S. _bred_, latus.
1. Corn laid out, in the harvest field, on the band, but not bound, is said to be _lying in braid-band_, S.
2. _To be laid in broad-band_, metaph. to be fully exposed.
BRAIK, BREAK, _s._ An instrument used in dressing hemp or flax, for loosening it from the core, S.
Teut. _braecke_, id. malleus stuparius, vulgo linifrangibula.
BRAIK, _s._ An internal mortification; a disease among sheep, Ang.
BRAYMEN, _s. pl._ The name given to those who inhabit the southern declivity of the Grampian hills, S.
BRAIN, _s._ Voice. "A braw _brain_," "a strong _brain_," a powerful voice, Ang.
_To_ BRAINDGE, _v. n._ "To run rashly forward," S. O.
Shall we view this as an oblique sense of Belg. _brins-en_, to neigh?
A. S. _brinn-an_, to burn, _bren_, _bryne_, fervor; whence _bryne-adl_, a fever; Su. G. _braanad_, fervor, ardor.
~Brayn-wod~, ~Brane-wod~, _adj._ Mad, in a state of insanity.
BRAIRD, _s._ The first sprouting of grain.
Fr. _bras_, the arm, whence embrace, q. _in arms_.
A. S. _braegd_, figmentum, _braegden_, fraud; _gebraegdas_, crafts, frauds, subtile contrivances; Isl. Su. G. _bragd_, fraus.
BRAISE, BRAZE, _s._ The Roach, a fish, S.
Sw. _brazen_, cyprinus brama, bream; Teut. _braessem_, id. cyprinus latus.
BRAITHFUL, BREITHFUL, _adj._ Sharp, violent.
BRAITHLIE, _adj._ The same with ~Braithful~; or perhaps in the sense of struggling.
Su. G. _bryt-a_, _brott-as_, Isl. _briot-a_, luctare.
BRAITHLY, _adv._ Violently, with great force.